Design elements : understanding the rules and knowing when to break them.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Samara, Timothy, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages)

Edition:

Second edition, revised and updated

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Rockport Publishers Imprint 2014

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This updated version of Rockport’s bestselling Design Elements offers expanded and updated content in a new, cleaner format for easier navigation. Author Timothy Samara has added more than 50 new diagrams and more than 100 new images of real-world projects with an increased emphasis on web and environmental design projects. The 20 Rules for Good Design has been revisited and expanded to 25 Rules. The book covers all the design fundamentals from working with grids, color application, typography, imagery and how to put it all together.

Contents:

What is graphic design?

Twenty rules for making good design

Form and space

Color fundamentals

Choosing and using type

The world of image

Putting it all together

Causin' some trouble : when and why to break every rule in this book.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

OCLC:

878525202